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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8596439" data-attributes="member: 22779">Thus my point about lampshading.Let's run with the thought that the good ruler is good.&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; Now, is everyone under that ruler also good?&nbsp; Because everything they do is ultimately his (or her) responsibility since all of their power derives directly from him.&nbsp; Are all of their underlings also good?&nbsp; So on and so forth.&nbsp; Whether you are a &quot;ruling council of lords&quot; (Where exactly did they derive their title from anyway if there is no monarch above them?&nbsp; Who made them lords?) or a single monarch, the buck stops with you.It doesn't really matter what the exact form of government here is.&nbsp; They're all autocratic dictatorships.&nbsp; At best you could call them anti-democratic.&nbsp; The populace has no rights, and any laws are made from decree.&nbsp;&nbsp; IOW, a setting that makes places like North Korea look like a bastion of civil rights.&nbsp; But, it's all okay because the king is LG.&nbsp; Hope his kid will be LG.&nbsp; And his grandchildren.&nbsp; And all the people they marry into the family and so on and so forth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8596439, member: 22779"] Thus my point about lampshading. Let's run with the thought that the good ruler is good. Ok. Now, is everyone under that ruler also good? Because everything they do is ultimately his (or her) responsibility since all of their power derives directly from him. Are all of their underlings also good? So on and so forth. Whether you are a "ruling council of lords" (Where exactly did they derive their title from anyway if there is no monarch above them? Who made them lords?) or a single monarch, the buck stops with you. It doesn't really matter what the exact form of government here is. They're all autocratic dictatorships. At best you could call them anti-democratic. The populace has no rights, and any laws are made from decree. IOW, a setting that makes places like North Korea look like a bastion of civil rights. But, it's all okay because the king is LG. Hope his kid will be LG. And his grandchildren. And all the people they marry into the family and so on and so forth. [/QUOTE]

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